The Education Scotland Digilearn team will be here to support educators throughout 2021 with online professional learning. Details of sessions will be provided here, along with meeting links.
Monday 25th January
‘No More Worksheets’ with Forms and Quizzes workshop (O365 and G Suite)
Lunchtime drop-in any time between 1230 – 1330
This session will explore the use of Forms to create learning materials for you class. We’ll look at how to make a quiz, add videos and other content and have create some example questions or quizzes based on the ideas you share, ie. what multiple choice questions would you use for a Romans quiz, or why would I use text input for science?
We’ll look at examples with O365 and G Suite Forms.
This session will require a Glow login and will be recorded.
Wednesday 27th January 2021
4pm Quick and Easy Numeracy Wins for Online Learning
This webinar will explore some quick and useful strategies for teaching numeracy in and out of the classroom. It will also focus on digital tools to support you deliver this learning during the current online learnign phase. A Glow login is required for this session.
Wednesday 28th January 2021
4pm, Evidencing Learning Using Built In Tools on iPads
This session will look at tools which can be used to evidence learning and engage with learners. The session will look at the free, built in iOS features on iPads that can be used to capture learning, gather feedback and share experiences for all.
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Wednesday 20th January 2021
4PM Cyber Resilience & Internet Safety in the context of online learning.
Join this webinar to help you to identify and manage possible risks associated with online learning. There will be an opportunity to ask questions, have discussions, and share practical strategies throughout this webinar. This is a repeat of the same webinar delivered on 6th January.
Tuesday 19th January
4pm – Google Classroom for Beginners – Delivered by Google trainers for Scottish education
Aimed at teachers and teaching assistants working with children who have not used Google Classroom much or at all to manage learning in one place.
Your own G Suite for Education account may not be allowed to join the demo Classroom based on your school’s settings, so you will have the option of using a demo account or be a student in the Classroom. You can also follow along and create a Classroom of your own in your own G Suite for Education account as Google trainers go through the content.
Monday 18th January
4pm – Online Learning in O365 and Teams (Glow) for Primary Schools
An overview of O365 and Teams in Glow and how to use it for creating flipped learning activities in the primary school, including numeracy and literacy examples.
Thursday 14th Jan 2021
4pm Digital Educator Certification Courses and Resources
Take a tour of the Apple Teacher, Microsoft Innovative Educator and Google Educator courses that are available to educators, along with the resources and training that go with them.
Tuesday 12th Jan 2021
3pm ELC Practitioner Webinar: Staying Connected as an ELC Team with Gsuite in the Glow Environment.
Make the best use of the digital solutions you have access to within Glow to remain connected as a staff team. This webinar will focus on real time, collaborative working in; Google Drive, Jamboard and Meet.
4pm Online Learning in G Suite and Classroom (Glow) for Primary Schools
An overview of G Suite and Classroom in Glow and how to use it for creating flipped learning activities in the primary school, including numeracy and literacy examples.
Monday 11th Jan 2021
3pm ELC Practitioner Webinar: Staying Connected as an ELC Staff Team with Microsoft O365 in the Glow Environment.
Make the best use of the digital solutions you have access to within Glow to remain connected as a staff team. This webinar will focus on real time, collaborative working in; Teams, Staff Notebook and Sway.
Friday 8th January
Online Learning in O365 and Teams (Glow) for Primary Schools
An overview of O365 and Teams in Glow and how to use it for creating flipped learning activities in the primary school, including numeracy and literacy examples.
Delivering New Content Online
This webinar will look at how practitioners might deliver new content to learners in an online environment. This will cover what a flipped/asynchronous delivery mode might look like and what a live/interactive session might look like. This may be more suited to secondary practitioners.
ELC Practitioner Webinar: Supporting ELC families to communicate in real time digitally with Padlet.
This webinar will show how you can create an instant, real time collaborative environment, where families with the link can communicate, mark make, share media and work together on.
Thursday 7th January
11:00am – 12:00pm OneDrive familiarisation and collaboration
How educators and learners can make best use of OneDrive for sharing and collaborating. Glow login required
1:30pm – 3:00pm – Online Learning in G Suite and Classroom (Glow) for Primary Schools
An overview of G Suite and Classroom in Glow and how to use it for creating flipped learning activities in the primary school, including numeracy and literacy examples. Glow login required
2:00pm – 3:00pm – Delivering New Content Online
This webinar will look at how practitioners might deliver new content to learners in an online environment. This will cover what a flipped/asynchronous delivery mode might look like and what a live/interactive session might look like. This may be more suited to secondary practitioners. Glow login required
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Wednesday 6th January 2021
12pm – Cyber Resilience & Internet Safety in the context of online learning.
Join this webinar to help you to identify and manage possible risks associated with online learning. There will be opportunity to ask questions, have discussions and share practical strategies throughout this webinar.
3pm – ELC Practitioner Webinar: Making home learning content accessible via Microsoft Sway.
This webinar will show how Microsoft Sway can be used as a digital story telling tool to create accessible and interactive learning stories full of rich media including photo, video, voice recordings and embedded web content.
Tuesday 5th January 2021
Managing a Digital Day in the Primary School
05/01/21, 330pm, Teams (Glow)
This session will look at how a digital day could look with ideas on planning, delivery and assessment of learning. The focus will be on establishing routines and activities that can be used to create routine for learners and develop educators’ confidence with a few ideas for the basis of online learning.
This will be followed by other sessions that will explore other sectors, curricular areas and digital skills.
